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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday. November 24, 1888. 
A parcels prst has beea established between 
Canada and Newfoundland, with the same 
rates and regulations as characterize the 
Canada and English parcel post. Rear 
Admiral Baldwin, who has long been ill at 
his residence, died on Saturday afternoon in 
this city. He had recently returned from 
France, whither be bad been for his health.. 
.Diphtheria in Hardin county, Iowa, is 
epidemic to the extent that the schools and 
churches have been closed, and public meet¬ 
ings, even funerals, forbidden. Similar re¬ 
ports come from several other parts of the 
country. The disease seems unusually pre¬ 
valent thus year.Each successive vessel 
aniving at this port from Europe reports the 
weather as the severest ever encountered dur¬ 
ing long seafaring experiences. Yet a pe¬ 
culiar feature of the storms is the absence of 
disastrous wrecks. Nearly all of the vessels 
ride out of the gales in comparative safety.... 
... The President-elect has tendered Elijah 
W. Hatford, managing editor of the Indian¬ 
apolis Journal, the position of private secre¬ 
tary .... Gporge Moen was instantly killed 
aDd Andrew H Pick seriously injured by a 
Baltimore and Ohio tiain at Curtis Bay Cross¬ 
ing on Thursday night. The men were in a 
Dayton wagon and were burled into the air.. 
.Alabama is proving a profitable field 
for Mormon missionaries just now. Thirty 
converts in charge of a Mormon Elder passed 
through Montgomery, Monday, all com¬ 
ing trom that neighborhood. A carload 
went from North Alabama ten days 
earlier, and a big gang went . from 
South Alabama a week before. 
Kansas is the banner Republican State, with 
82,000 plurality for Harrison.The 
Mayor of Havana has issued a proclamation 
imposing a consumption lax on all eatables, 
drinkables and fuel after January 1, next. 
.One hundred and forty thousand dol¬ 
lars are needed to pay the deputy marshals of 
the country, who served at the recent elec¬ 
tions. There are but §150,000 available to meet 
the regular court expenses of the remaining 
seven months of the fiscal year. Attorney- 
General Garland declines to use this money to 
pay the deputies, who will, therefore, have to 
wait a special appropriation from Corgress.. 
.The Prohibitionisis did not make a 
very good showing in the State of New York 
at the last election. General Fisk, the party’s 
Presidential candidate, received only 30.000 
votes, against 41,850 for Huntington last year. 
The Fisk vote was larger, however, than the 
the St. John vote of 1884, the 
latter being only 24.999. 
The steamer Pomeranian, which sailed for 
London Nov. 22, was the last ocean steamer 
to leave Montreal this season. The last ocean 
steamer last year left on November 16 .... 
The Adams Express Company has paid to 
the Government §1.400, the amount lost be¬ 
tween New Oi leans and Washington from a 
shipment of §12,000,000, shot having been sub¬ 
stituted for the stolen money.The 
American Ornithologists’ Union met last week 
at Washington, D. C. J. M. Allen, of New 
York, was elected President, and Dr. C. H. 
Merriam, of Washington, Secretary. 
The trunk line passenger agents last week 
decided that no more harvest excursions will 
he given. Excursion rates for Christmas and 
New Year’s were fixed at a rate and a third. 
.... Several New England Legislatures 
will be asked this winter to pa&s a law 
making it a misdemeanor, punishable with 
fine, lor any one to go upon a railroad 
track or bridge without right. . 
It is the intention of leading coal operators to 
shutdown all of the coal mines along the 
Monongahela river for an indefinite period. 
The suspension will throw 7,000 men out of 
employment .Tne Quebec L’Electeur, 
the organ of the Provincial Government and 
supj osed to represent the French Canadian 
sentiment in Canada, has come out strongly\ 
in favor of the annexation of Canada to the 
United States .The Canadian Gov¬ 
ernment has refused the request of the Mor¬ 
mon settlers of the Northwest to be allowed 
to bring in machinery and implements duty 
free. . 
Lord Sackville and his three daughters sail 
to-day for France where they will stay some 
time before going ‘‘home.” It is said that he 
will be sent as Ambassador to Madrid. is 
belongings in Washington were sold at auc¬ 
tion earlv this week. The Board of 
Managers of the National Soldiers’ Hume, in 
Day on, O . have unammouly appointed 
Major J. B. Thomas Governor of the Central 
Home to rank as Brigadier-General The 
Major has been Treasurer of this Home for 
nineieen years, and has been acting Governor 
of the Dayton Home since the death ot Gen. 
Patrick . .It is quite probable that the Presi¬ 
dent and Mis. Cleveland will make a trip to 
Europe after they leave the White House, 
and when they return it is more than possible 
that they will settle down in New York. 
They both have money, the income from 
which will make them comfortable to the end 
of their days. Colonel Lamont, the 
Presidfm’s Secretary, had made all his ar¬ 
rangements to retire from public lite and go 
into business in New York. The election of 
General Harrison, however, has determined 
him to stick by his chief until the end. 
A short time ago Senator Blackburn of Ken¬ 
tucky introduced to President Cleveland, 
Judge A. W. Rucker, of Denver, Colorado, 
Shortly afterward Rucker told several news¬ 
paper men ti at the Piesident severely blamed 
Mr. Abram Hewitt the piesent Mayor of this 
city, and Mr. Hugh Grant, the Mayor-elect, 
for diviaing the Democratic vote here, as they 
were rival candidates for the Mayoralty. 
Rucker said that Cleveland charged that their 
“Herbrand ” Fifth Wheel for Buggies.— Adv 
contention lost a large number of votes for 
the Democratic Presidental candidate. Sena¬ 
tor Blackburn denied that the President bad 
made any such remarks, and said that Rucker 
was “do gentleman.” that he lied foully, and 
according to bis own story repeated a private 
conversation. There’s beeD a great deal of re¬ 
crimination between the two, and much talk 
of a challenge to “pistols and coffee for two,” 
from the Denver Judge; but sensible men 
believe it’s all “poppycock”. 
Lieut.-Gov. Jones, who pays the freight, re¬ 
ceived more votes in this city and throughout 
the State than either Cleveland or Hill. 
The sad affliction of a six-days’ go as-you- 
please leg contest bangs like a dark cloud over 
this city. Forty odd “peds” will start in 
Madison Square Garden at one o’clock Sun¬ 
day night.Official bulletins of yellow 
fever cases at Jacksonville, yesterday: New 
cases, 12; deaths, none; total cases to date, 
4,659; total deaths, 405. Of the new cases 
six are colored. The question of fumi¬ 
gation is uppermost in the public mind. 
There are no prospects of frost yet. 
Have you a few hours’ or a few days’ spare 
time occasionally that you would like to turn 
into money? If so, then write quickly to B. F. 
Johnson & Co., of Richmond, Va., and they 
will give you information that will prove 
to be money in your pocket.— Adv. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, November, 24, 1888. 
Mr. Spurgeon who has been ill for some time 
has left England for the south of France. He is 
extremely weak.After all. France 
is not to cooperate with Great Britain, Ger¬ 
many, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Turkey in 
the suppression of the East African slave 
trade, but she will aid their work by prohibit¬ 
ing slave tradeis from carrying the French 
colors. Under the circumstances there is. of 
course, grave danger that disputes may arise 
in the enforcement of the blockade on the East 
Africian coast. There’s a tremendous 
land boom in Australia, especially in the 
colony of Victoria S<*me of the principal 
gainers are among the British nobility. Lord 
Roseberry and Lord Carnavon have each 
made their pile. L rd Hindlip and the Guin¬ 
nesses are among the luckiest and largest in¬ 
vestors. “Boo Lowe,” Lord Sherbrooke, is 
now worth something like two millions ster¬ 
ling, although b» began life as a college tutor 
with no other capital than brains. 
A Specific for Throat Diseases —Brown’s 
Bronchial Troches have been long and 
favorably known as an admirable remedy for 
Coughs, Hoarseness and all Throat troubles. 
“They are excellent for the relief of Hoarse¬ 
ness or Sore Throat. They are exceedingly 
effective.” Christian World , London, Eng¬ 
land.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday. November 24, 1888. 
The cultivation of tobacco in north Borneo, 
according to a recent English consular report, 
promi-es to assume considerable importance. 
Experiments have shown that it is possible to 
grow tobacco in that island similar to that 
now raised in Sumatra. Dutch capital is said 
to be seeking this new field. The advantages 
offered are tne cheapness of land and ihe low 
taxes. In Sumatra the taxation is much 
heavier. The official report of the 
Board of Trade shows the visible supply of 
grain on Saturday la-t to have been as fol¬ 
lows in comparison with the supply on the 
Saturday previous: 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Wheat. 
.34.812 000 
Inc. 
471 000 
Corn... 
. 8,195,000 
Dec. 
1,056. tOO 
Oats... 
. 7,927.000 
Dec. 
529 000 
Rye.... 
. 1 561.000 
Inc. 
5.000 
Barley. 
. 1,814.009 
Inc. 
189,000 
It is 
estimated that crows have 
cost the 
farmers 
of Maine §100,OuO 
the past year. 
The next Legislature will be asked 
to give a bounty of ten cents a head 
for the destruction of the pests. 
Danville’s great tobacco exposition and trades 
display opened Wednesday, with an immense 
crowd in attendance Tne tobacco exhibition 
embraces 1,800 samples of all grades of tobac¬ 
co from Virginia, North Carolina, South Car¬ 
olina, and Tennessee, and is a magnificent 
display of the weed. The Treasury 
Department bas issued a circular reciting tbe 
enactment of the law ex ending the opera¬ 
tions of tne act relaiiDg to the production of 
fruit brandy so as to include brandy distilled 
from apples or peaches. To carry out the 
provisions of the act the Department gives 
nonce that special bonded warehouses may 
now be established for the storage of such 
brandies, and that the brandies may be treat¬ 
ed under the same regulations as other fruit.. 
... Rains have fallen in Western and 
Eastern India and the prospects are conse¬ 
quently improved .The following is the 
list according to the late statistics furnished 
by tbe War Department at Washington: Rus¬ 
sia, 21,570,000 horses, America, 9,500,000, the 
Argentine Republic, 4 000,000, Austria,3,500.- 
000, Germany, 3,350,000, France, 2,800,000 
and 300,000 mules, England, 2.790,000 horses, 
Canada. 2,624,000, Spain, 680,000 horses, and 
2.300,000 mules, Italy. 2,0o0,000 horses, Bel¬ 
gium. 383,000, Denmark, 31u,000, Australia, 
301,000, Holland, 125 000 and Portugal, 
88 000 horses and 50,000 mules. 
Tne Cider and Cider Viuegar Makers’ Associ¬ 
ation of the Northwest will hold its sixth an¬ 
nual convention at the Sherman House, 
Chicago, on December 4 and 5. L. R. Bry¬ 
ant, r-eoretary, Princeton, 111. The 
Ohio Board of Agriculture make the wheat 
crop of that State, 28,306,207 bushels, against 
26,393,000 bushels by the National Department 
of Agriculture.. ...... The number of ex- 
g irtaf ion certificates granted by the Hereford 
erd Book Society of England, from January 
1. 1888, to October, 22, included 224 for North 
America, and 22 for Australia .Aus¬ 
tralian ports have for some time been closed 
against live stock from all over the 
world; but indications are that they 
will soon be open to stock from 
Great Britain, subject to quarantine.. 
..The receipts of eggs in New York City 
since February 1, are about 70,000 barrels 
short of the same part of 1887..This 
country imported 11,000,000 eggs from Canada 
last vear.The Hudson River Poul¬ 
try, Dog aDd Pet stock Association was or¬ 
ganized at Newburg, N. Y., Saturday, lhere 
was a large attendance of fanciers from along 
the Hudson and New Jersey. They will give 
annual exhibitions in Newburg. ...... 
The other day at Stonyford, N. Y., William 
Russell AlleD, of Pittsfield, Mass., purchased 
of Charles Backman 10 bead of trotting 
stock, paving therefor §44 100. 
Russia’s wheat crop this year amounts to 
238.400.000 bushels, against 260.800.000 bushels 
last year, and an average of 208,638, 00 bush¬ 
els for the last nine years. Rui-sia exported 
74,416,000 bushels last year, agamst an aver¬ 
age of 67,767,000 bushels m nine years. 
Russia’s average wheat exports have been a 
little less than one-half of ours in volume... 
.Two carloads of Georgia farmers, with 
their families, arrived at Atlanta, Wednesday, 
en route for Texas and Arkansas. They stated 
that they were leaving Georgia because the 
lands are so poor that they couldn’t see any 
chance of making a living in the future. 
. .The amount of tobacco grown in Germany 
of late years has been considerable. The ef¬ 
fect upon American trade has been felt to 
some extent. The German production in 
1886-87 was 84,887,000 pounds, while the aver¬ 
age production for fifteen years has been 
89.364,000 poimds annually. Poor crop con¬ 
ditions in 1886-87 caused a falling off in pro¬ 
duction........ The Vermont Dairymen’s 
Association will hold its 19th annual conven¬ 
tion at the City Hall, Burlington, Jan. 16. 17 
and 18 next. The State Legislature 
has appropriated §1.000 per annum for its 
work, aDd it is expected that this meeting 
will be of surpassing interest to all that may 
attend. The dairy exhibit will be more 
attractive than ever, §200 being offered in 
cash prizes, and makers of cheese as well as 
butter are requested to prepare for the show. 
E. L. Bass, Sec’y, West Randolph, Vt. 
Nature’s Kindly Breatli. 
Of all the metaphors, that which calls Oxy¬ 
gen “Nature’s Kindly Breath,” is the most 
apt. It is indeed the kindly part of nature’s 
breath. Observe the result of this bountiful 
respiration: 
Hon. P. H. Jacobs, tbe well-known chemist, 
says:—“I have examined carefully the Com¬ 
pound Oxygen manufactured by Drs. 
Starkey & Palen; that it will give to the ex¬ 
hausted system renewed and permanent vital¬ 
ity, is beyond a doubt. 
Providence, R. I., Mar. 21,1888. 
“Compound Oxygen is a wonderful remedy.” 
P. F. Jernegan, Brown’s University. 
Penfield, Pa.. Feb. 2, 1888. 
“Thanks to the Lord and Compound Oxy¬ 
gen, I believe 1 am well.” 
A H Rosenkrans. 
Savannah, Mo , Feb. 18, 1888. 
“I am highly pleased with the Compound 
Oxygen Treatment.” 
Milton L. Van Buskirk. 
Lead City, Dak., April 24. 1888 
“I feel that the Dome treatment is doing me 
great good.” Rev. J. B. Whaling. 
We publish a brochure of 200 pages, regard¬ 
ing the effect of Compound Oxygen on inva 
lids suffering from consumption, asthma, bron¬ 
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debility, rheumatism, neuralgia; all chronic 
and nervous disorders. It will be sent, free of 
charge, to any one addressing Drs. Starkey 
& Palen, 1529 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa., or 
331 Montgomery St.,San Francisco, CaL —Adv. 
Crops & liXorliots. 
Saturday, November 24,1888. 
Reports of the Egyptian cotton crop are 
discouraging. The deficient yield fioin the 
plants will neutralize the increase in the area 
of cultivation. The -most sanguine expect 
only tne same quantity as that of last year, 
while others predict a return of 20 per cent, 
less. 
There is a general improvement in the win¬ 
ter wheat condition as compared with the two 
previous years, and the plant now gives uro- 
mise of going into wmter-quariers strong and 
vigorous. We have official reports from the 
Ohio State Board of Agi lculture stating that 
the acreage in that S ate is 10 per cent, less 
than last year. Advices from the West say 
farmers have only fairly commenced garn¬ 
ering corn, but the weather now is very 
favorable for securing the crop and the farm¬ 
ers every where are very busy. There seems 
to be a wide difference of opinions as to the 
movement of the new corn. Tne far West 
will probably be the first to give us of the 
new crop, and toe movement promises to ue 
early. On the other hand, the corn growers 
east of the Missouri are not inclined to accept 
the low prices, and will crib their corn. Tne 
gtneral financial condition of the farmers in 
the corn belt is better this fall than for sev¬ 
eral years. Illinois this season made a great 
oat crop, a good winter wneat crop, one ot the 
best hay crops for many years, and has now a 
good com crop. The oats have given the 
farmers money, and the corn now being gath¬ 
ered is looked upon as a surplus which can be 
carried indefinitely at practically no expense 
at all, acd the longer it is held the better price 
it will bring; hence low prices for corn in the 
interior this winter will not bring out the 
stuff. 
A St. Louis grain circular states that St. 
Louis bas the lightest stock of corn that has 
been known for a great many years. Wed¬ 
nesday last the total stock was 148.000 bushels 
and only 33,000 bushels of No. 2 corn. The 
local demaud for corn is greater than 
the receipts, and everything is taken as fast 
as it arrives. Our advices from portions of 
Iowa, Missouri and Illinois are that they find 
a great deal of soft com. caused by light 
frost earlier in the season. Kansas and Neb¬ 
raska report their corn to be in excellent con¬ 
dition. We are still receiving reports that 
the yield is not as large as was anticipated, 
and many out West are confident that these 
statements are correct and that the crop this 
year will fall considerably short 2,000,000,000 
bushels as stated by the Government. 
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This style of fencing lias been in use for many years 
in a limited way, but in the last five or six years thou- 
lands of miles of it has been put up. It bas proved 
to be the best fence for all purposes that has yet been 
tried. Sedgwick Bros., of Richmond. Ind., are large 
manufacturers of these excellent fences, and wi 
send catalogues to all applicants. The Rural New- 
Yorker takes pleasure In inviting its readers to write 
to them, referring to this paper.—Adv. 
LATEST MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York, Saturday, November 24,1888. 
NEW YORK MARKETS. 
Cotton .— 1 The quotations, according to the American 
classification, are as follows: 
New Orleans. 
Uplands. and Gulf. 
Texas 
Ordinary. 
Low Middling ... 
Strict Low Mlddlir 
Middling . 
Good Middling.. 
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8 9-16 
.. 8 15-16 
8 1-16 
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10 7-16 
JO 9-16 
10 11-16 
.10 15-16 
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11 11-16 
STAINED. 
Good Ordinary.6 13-16 I Low Middling. 8 9-1 
Strict Good Ord. ~i}4 | Middling . 9 7-16 
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